The Effect of Mandala on Anxiety and Fear Levels in Children With Leukemia Before Intrathecal Chemotherapy Treatment
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-12
SponsorEge University
About this trial
This study aims to examine the effect of mandala coloring activity, administered before intrathecal chemotherapy treatment in children with leukemia, on pre-procedure anxiety and fear in children. The main question this study aims to answer is:
Does mandala coloring administered before intrathecal chemotherapy treatment reduce pre-procedure anxiety and fear in children with leukemia?
Descriptive demographic data will be collected from the children who will be given mandalas. Data will be collected using an Anxiety Scale and a Fear Scale.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
The patient must be between 4 and 12 years of age.
The patient must be hospitalized and followed up at the Pediatric Hematology Clinic.
The patient must only be receiving leukemia treatment.
The patient must not have any other chronic diseases.
Disqualifiers
Cases that do not meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded from the study.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
mandala painting
Other interventionAfter the child and parent agree to participate in the study and the child indicates that they wish to do the mandala exercise, the child will be seated in a comfortable position to paint. Thirty minutes before the start of the intrathecal chemotherapy procedure (children who will receive intrathecal chemotherapy at the clinic are identified and scheduled the day before), the child, their parent, and a nurse independent of the study will be assessed using the "Child Anxiety Scale-State (ÇAS-D)" and the "Child Fear Scale." The mandala coloring activity will then continue until the child wishes to stop (the activity will be ensured to last at least 30 minutes). When the child is called to the procedure room for intrathecal chemotherapy, the scale assessments will be repeated. Thirty minutes after the intrathecal chemotherapy procedure is completed and the child has emerged from the effects of general anesthesia, the scales will be reassessed and recorded by the same i
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: mandala paintingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: controlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Fear of intrathecal chemotherapy
The fear that children will experience due to intrathecal chemotherapy will be collected using the "Children's Fear Scale".
Time frame
From enrollment to 30 minutes after intrathecal chemotherapy2
Anxiety of intrathecal chemotherapy
The fear that children will experience due to intrathecal chemotherapy will be collected using the "Children's Anxiety Scale".
Time frame
From enrollment to 30 minutes after intrathecal chemotherapySponsors and contacts
Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.
Source ClinicalTrials.gov